On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition Free Audiobook Download by Rinaldo Walcott


The book, On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition by Rinaldo Walcott is a powerful reminder that people of color, especially Black people in the United States are subject to much more scrutiny than white people. In fact, it is estimated that people of color make up only 36% of the population but account for 80% of all those arrested; Black men are incarcerated 5 times more often than white men.

The work of Rinaldo Walcott, On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition is a collection of essays that explore the intersection between policing and incarceration as systems of containment. The author begins with a discussion of how social ills are often addressed through criminalization which leads to a call for abolition. In the book's introduction, Walcott argues that while "the idea of freedom has never been more popular," we are now confronting a different kind of prison in the form of mass incarceration. By the end of his introductory chapter, he suggests "a jail-free society" as one way to reform our current penal system

In On Property: Policing, Prisons and the Call for Abolition, author Rinaldo Walcott presents the case of a society where imprisonment is used less and crime rates remain low. Walcott argues that this demonstrates the social gains of abolitionism.

On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition by Rinaldo Walcott is a book that gives a fascinating analysis of the nature of prison and policing systems. In this audiobook, it is narrated by David Andrew Reid who delivers an excellent performance with his narration.

On property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition is a call for abolition of prisons. This essay posits that incarceration is not the most effective way to reform criminal offenders and instead proposes strategies for ensuring the safety of citizens while also providing opportunities for rehabilitation.

On Property: Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition is a powerful narration of the book by Rinaldo Walcott on how our society has grown to accept the prison state. In the audiobook the author provides a detailed history of prisons going back to the Middle Ages. He discusses why prisons have not worked in changing people from their criminal ways and why they overwhelmingly fail in that mission. The author then takes this insight and applies it to modern conditions with an international perspective by discussing how US prisons do not work for America's society.

Published Date 2021-10-15
Duration 3 hours 51 minutes
Author Rinaldo Walcott
Narrated David Andrew Reid
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Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Non-Fiction
Parent Category Law

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